First time in 52 years

[Greasey Harley]

Today, my truck hit the road with power steering
That's the first time in it's 52 years of existence.
I hope it drives around another 52 years with power steering.

I don't know what took me so long. I should have converted it the first week I had it.

[TurboThrift]

Congrats, power steering by ArmStrong gets old real quick!

[70cst]

Originally Posted by Greasey Harley

Today, my truck hit the road with power steering
That's the first time in it's 52 years of existence.
I hope it drives around another 52 years with power steering.

I don't know what took me so long. I should have converted it the first week I had it.

I bet its more fun to drive

[Greasey Harley]

Today, my truck developed its first ever power steering leak

[SCHRUMGMC]

This may be a dumb question

What all does it take to convert it to PS?

But great job by the way

[Greasey Harley]

Originally Posted by SCHRUMGMC

This may be a dumb question

What all does it take to convert it to PS?

But great job by the way

For my '68 with a 327 and a short water pump:
Used Power Steering box ......................$50
New high pressure Hose PN#3975136 .... 20
Piece of 3/8" oil hose ...........................$4
Alan Grove 400L PS bracket .................$60 (ebay)
Power Steering Pulley PN# 3751232 .......$29 (ebay)
New Power steering pump......................$30
Gates Belt PN# 7250 ............................$8
I gallon PS Fluid ...............................$16
A hand full of bolts, nuts, washers, etc.$10ish

--------->Total $230ish
Took me a couple days of puttering around in the shop. I'm not very efficent, so it's hard to say how long it actually took. bolting the ps bracket to the passenger side motor mount was the trickiest part. take the drivers side bumper bracket off before you install the new box. it will have to be modified before it can go back on.
seems to be working well now. I'm happy with the upgrade, now my wife can drive the truck.

[slikside]

Were you able to fix the leak?

One advantage to no power steering....1 less thing to leak!

[Greasey Harley]

Originally Posted by slikside

Were you able to fix the leak?

One advantage to no power steering....1 less thing to leak!

Yeah, it was the brass adapter at the back of the pump. tightened it up, topped off the reservoir, re-bled the system. All good now.
Used some LA's Totally Awesome, and a garden hose to clean the fluid off.
(Seriously, that stuff is Totally Awesome).
I'm diggin' Power steering, with a big shovel.

[gmc684x4]

My issue was the manual box is always worn out

[gmc684x4]

Nice that its an easy fix

[LagunaGlide]

Where did you get a $30 pump at? I have been looking at piecing it all together.

[gmc684x4]

You use a newer style pump and need an older flare style hose
You can remove it from the flare fitting to oring gitting vice versa

[Greasey Harley]

Originally Posted by LagunaGlide

Where did you get a $30 pump at? I have been looking at piecing it all together.

My wife works at a Federated Auto Parts store, I get a pretty good discount.
I actually only paid 8 bucks for the hose